Who is an Allied & Healthcare Professional?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO),
“Allied health personnel are personnel who have specific connections with the art and science of health care and are recognized as members of health team in the national health system. They are educated, with different levels of professional qualifications, in a recognized or accredited health or healthrelated or academic Institution".
Allied & healthcare professionals include individuals involved with the delivery of health or related services, with expertise in therapeutic, diagnostic, curative, preventive and rehabilitative interventions. They work in interdisciplinary health teams including physicians, nurses and public health officials to promote, protect, treat and/or manage a person’s physical, mental, social, emotional and environmental health and holistic well-being.

Why should I enroll?

This is a provisional measure taken by the Government of India to reach out to all the allied and healthcare professionals in the country so that they may be effectively tracked as part of the overall HRH data available with the Government of India. This will help the government to estimate the numbers and streams of allied and healthcare existing in the country.
Please note the enrollment does not constitute a professional license or a registration number at this time. A unique reference number will be provided upon your successful enrollment which will be used in the future for any professional regulatory or standardizing activities undertaken by the Government of India.

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In the past decade, a fundamental shift has occurred in healthcare delivery, largely due to advances in science and technology. There is now more recognition, than at any time in the past, that health service delivery is a team effort, drawing upon the expertise of doctors, nurses as well as allied and healthcare professionals.Better appreciation and utilization of the whole range of skills possessed by these professionals – collectively termed as Allied and Health Professionals (A&HPs) – is the key to health-sector reforms in India, especially given the shortage of doctors and nurses in semi-urban and rural areas of the country.

Who are Allied and Healthcare Professionals?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO),
“Allied health personnel are personnel who have specific connections with the art and science of health care and are recognized as members of health team in the national health system. They are educated, at either professional or lower levels, in a recognized or accredited health or healthrelated or academic Institution".
Allied health professionals include individuals involved with the delivery of health or related services, with expertise in therapeutic, diagnostic, curative, preventive and rehabilitative interventions. They work in interdisciplinary health teams including physicians, nurses and public health officials to promote, protect, treat and/or manage a person’s physical, mental, social, emotional and environmental health and holistic well-being.